Details on arch bar trucks on the D&RGW.

These photos were taken before 1995 in Chama, New Mexico. These photos can actually be used as scale drawings. The black and white painted carpenter's square in the photos has the black and white changing on the one foot marks. On the long end of the square, the black and white stripes are both one inch wide. On the short end of the square, the inside white stripe is 1/2" and the outside black strip is one inch.

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These two photos show the archbar trucks used on RPO 029. They appear to be about 5' center to center and a very pronounced arch in the center.

This is a long arch bartruck (about 5' center to center used on one of the longer rail braced wood flat cars. This is not an idler flat used in pipe trains that were cut down narrow gauge stock and box cars. The cut down flats used the 3'7" center to center trucks. The 3'7" trucks are so short that the brake shoes are on the outside of the wheels. There was a 36' and a 40' rail braced flat car used on the D&RGW narrow gauge. This is probably on of those cars.

Here is yet another style of arch bar truck. This is one of the steel underframe flat cars that was probably a cut down standard gauge car.

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